Past Events
October 2024
HG Well’s The Red Room by Ellie Ball
The chilling words of HG Wells are brought to life in this one-woman storytelling show. Could you spend the night in the infamous haunted chamber of Lorraine Castle? Armed with a single torch, our sceptical narrator attempts to do just that. Ignoring the warnings of its three eerie custodians, she soon learns for herself why the room has such a dark reputation... and the grim fates which befell previous occupants. Gripping and often darkly funny, this brand new and original…
Find out more »Lunar Lecture – Boys will be Girls will be Boys, the theatre pre and post Restoration by Janet Tennant
Boys will be Girls will be Boys- the theatre pre and post Restoration by Janet Tennant By the 17th century a professional theatre was established in England. After the execution of Charles I and the Civil Wars, Charles II, the Merry Monarch, a keen theatre goer, succeeded to the throne in 1660. The talk looks at the theatre before the Restoration and how it changed, irrevocably, afterwards. Book tickets here
Find out more »Free Children’s Halloween Craft Activities & Whacky Experiments
Come along between 11am and 3pm. Dressing up encouraged. Free entry to the museum for children up to 11 years. Adults £5. No booking required.
Find out more »November 2024
Fireworks, Fawkes and Fear – the Gunpowder Plot
Join Lichfield historian, tour guide and author Jono Oates as he tells the fascinating story of the Gunpowder Treason Plot of November 5 1605. Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators planned to blow up the House of Lords, and King James I, leading to the well-known rhyme 'Remember, remember the 5th of November'. Jono tells the bloody build-up to the plot, the dramatic discovery of the hidden gunpowder, and the aftermath of one of the most outrageous incidents in British…
Find out more »Lichfield’s Largest Pre-loved Jigsaw Sale.
New and pre-loved jigsaw sale. Free entry to the sale. All proceeds go towards the running of this independent museum and charity. Any donations of jigsaws will be greatly received.
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